CATSKILL, N.Y. -- The Greene County Legislature is one step closer to declaring its opposition to the state's SAFE Act gun control law.

During a meeting on Tuesday of the Legislature's Public Safety Committee, lawmakers endorsed a resolution opposing the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act, which was adopted by the state Legislature on Jan. 19 and signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The committee also endorsed a resolution opposing a state Assembly bill that calls for requiring gun owners to carry liability insurance of no less than $1 million.

The resolutions were adopted with little discussion.

"I, and probably most of you, am always wary of laws that take away freedom for the sake of safety when, essentially, we can have both," said Public Safety Committee Chairman William Lawrence, R-Cairo.

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The two resolutions will be voted on by the full Legislature during a meeting that starts at 6:30 this evening in the County Office Building in Catskill.

Greene County's resolution states the creation of the SAFE Act "resulted in complex policy changes, many subject to interpretation, and are confusing to a vast number of public officials, as well as the law-enforcement officials who are required to enforce and explain them." It also states the New York legislation, which was enacted in response to the Dec. 14 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, harms law-abiding citizens.

The resolution also states there is the potential for the state act to have a "significant financial impact" on Greene County due to the need for additional manpower and computer systems. It also says there was no reason for Cuomo to use a message of necessity to bypass the three-day maturing process for all legislation.

"This legislation fails to offer any meaningful solutions to gun violence and places increased burdens where they do not belong, squarely on the backs of law-abiding citizens," the resolution states.

The second resolution lawmakers supported calls the Assembly bill regarding liability insurance "nothing more than a back-door attempt to prohibit legal gun ownership in this state."